The Life and Music of Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann, without a doubt, was one of the greatest pianists of all time. Schumann's playing didn't just leave critics and audiences in raptures, it also left other composers amazed that their m...
16 Mars 202348min
So What's It Like To Be The Principal Horn Of The Berlin Philharmonic? W/ Stefan Dohr
Stefan Dohr is one of the greatest french horn players in the world today. He has been the Principal Horn of the Berlin Philharmonic, one of the world's greatest orchestras, since 1993. In this really...
9 Mars 202349min
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Brahms was only 20 years old when Robert Schumann wrote his famous Neue Bahnen(New Paths) article that proclaimed Brahms as the future of music and the heir of Beethoven. Beethoven had only been dead ...
2 Mars 202352min
Debussy String Quartet
Just one year before Debussy wrote his legendary Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, he completed another groundbreaking work. It was a string quartet, which he expected to be the first of many. But ...
23 Feb 202348min
A Conversation with Martin Fröst: "The Highest Feeling You Can Get is that Someone Got Better"
Martin Fröst very well may be the greatest living clarinetist. His brilliant sound, feats of virtuosity, eclectic taste, and amazing performing ability has made him a superstar in the classical music ...
16 Feb 202346min
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Part 2
By as early as 1909, composers like Mahler knew that tonality was reaching its breaking point, and composers like Debussy were experimenting with colors and ideas a composer like Brahms wouldn't have ...
9 Feb 202344min
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Part 1
The most famous thing about Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring is the riot that took place at its premiere. Perhaps its overcompensating for classical music's reputation for being a bit stuffy, but mus...
2 Feb 202345min
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
If you listened to my show last week about Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird, you know that Stravinsky's life was never the same after the premiere of the ballet in 1910. Sergei Diaghilev, the founder ...
27 Jan 20231h 3min
